Voluntary Busing Plan Is Unveiled in Denver

By Joanna Richardson

Months after the Denver schools were freed from a federal school-desegregation order, the district may return to a busing plan that would allow students to attend schools outside their neighborhoods.

Superintendent Irv Moskowitz released a proposal this month that would divide the 61,000-student district into four zones. Students would be able to enroll in any school within the boundaries of the zone in which they live.

Some local officials said the voluntary program could ease fears of a return to racial isolation in the schools following the end of...